South Korea had announced plans to control and regulate the Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, with one such option being considered was a ban on the trade of cryptocurrencies themselves. However after much deliberation and drama which saw a senior South Korean official being outed for insider trading with regards to [...]

Bitcoin, Ethereum and other popular alt-coins have recently in the last week began to drop in value but many are left wondering why? First and foremost the drop in value was initially triggered by an alleged announcement by the Chinese authorities that they may target Bitcoin mining and other sectors related [...]

China was once a hotbed for cryptocurrencies, ranging from trading to mining due the trade being largely unregulated and traders and miners alike were more or less allowed to do as they pleased in a country which provided infinite cheap electricity. However since 2017 things began to change and regulations [...]

Cryptocurrencies are gateway currencies for individuals in cash strapped economies, allowing individuals in Nations to access hard currency where it maybe scarce. One recent example of this is in Venezuela which announced its own state backed cryptocurrency to alleviate the problem of a lack of cash in the Nation which [...]

Please raise your (virtual) hand if you at least once in your life used any peer-to-peer network to download a movie or a music album. The idea of having another p2p project on the market might not be particularly appealing to most of the consumers. So, what is so unique [...]

With an increasing number of people investing in cryptocurrencies, the total market cap is predicted to reach multi-trillion-dollar level in 2018. Some reserved estimations claim that if the bullish trend continues throughout this year, $2bln total market cap is totally achievable by the end of 2018. Others think that [...]

Currently, maintaining Bitcoin requires enough energy to supply a small European state. Also, if BTC was to be classified as a country, it would rank 61st in terms of its energy needs (0.13% of global power consumption as of December 2017). What makes Bitcoin so power hungry is the PoW (Proof-of-Work) algorithm [...]

As the Bitcoin gains in popularity and is seen as a "gateway" for alt-coins due to it being used as one of the main currencies to purchase them, this in turn has fueled the rise of alt-coins themselves. We have seen alt-coins increase in value by a few hundred percent [...]

Bitcoin has propelled itself to go mainstream, which majority of such implementation to take place in the next few years. However Bitcoin's futures have already been implemented with Chicago Board Option Exchanged (CBOE) launching their futures exchange last week. There is more good news this week for Bitcoin futures with [...]

Out of all the criticisms the Bitcoin has faced, the most popular criticism that we usually see is with regards to the Bitcoin being called a "speculative bubble" that is "waiting to burst". Despite these rumors being around for years and such rumors and doomsday scenarios time and time [...]